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The Blues
The Blues
Memoir, Quarantine DiaryCyn CarboneAugust 29, 2020pandemic, surrender, David Whyte, blues, wisdom, walks, friends, On Being
My Fashion History
My Fashion History
MemoirCyn CarboneAugust 26, 2020memoir, fashion
First Street
First Street
Memoir, Family History, Finding Hope, Quarantine DiaryCyn CarboneAugust 22, 2020brooklyn, my father, family history, dreams, quarantine diary, pendemic, hope, political commentary
Crossings
Crossings
Memoir, Quarantine DiaryCyn CarboneAugust 21, 2020California, politics, DNC, commentary, hope, fire, memoir
In the Heat
In the Heat
Memoir, Quarantine DiaryCyn CarboneAugust 19, 2020heat, ranch life, quarantine diary
An Epic Day
An Epic Day
Quarantine Diary, Ranch Life, NatureCyn CarboneAugust 16, 2020storm, fire, ranch life, quarantine diary
Remedies
Remedies
Memoir, Friends, Quarantine Diary, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneAugust 10, 2020friends, children, pandemic
Dough-Nuts Don't Help
Dough-Nuts Don't Help
Quarantine Diary, MemoirCyn CarboneAugust 7, 2020walks, friends, Solvang, pandemic
Giving Myself A Pep Talk
Giving Myself A Pep Talk
Commentary, Quarantine DiaryCyn CarboneAugust 5, 2020resistance, political commentary, pandemic, finding hope, Rebecca Solnit
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Lines and reflections Fog at play. A hike with friends...foolproof remedy for the blues. We’re fortified now. A storied old house: “Outdoors the wind./Indoors the locked heart and the lost key.” (Louis Macniece) We ran into a skeleton, a miniature mule, and Milly today. I’m obsessed. Can you blame me?! Looking out towards Gaviota Peak the fog considers a comeback Ranch roads on this late summer morning... veterinary lesson best kind of welcome red vein Well, THIS was unexpected. And this is how we are getting to know the infinitely fascinating and oh-so-faraway Felix...sigh. When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in th In a dark time the eye begins to see (Roethke) a walk adorned by swirls of fog The shy return of clouds.
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
— Mary Oliver
 

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